Martin Wu
martin-wu.bsky.social
Martin Wu
@martin-wu.bsky.social
Professor @UVA biology; Microbial Evolution & Ecology; Macroecology;
Excited to share that our study identifying a unifying model of species abundance distributions (SADs) has just been published: rdcu.be/ejYKe. We found that the ‘powerbend’— a bent power law — accurately describes SADs across ~30,000 animal, plant, and microbial communities.
April 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Reposted by Martin Wu
my thoughts on the destructive chaos targeting university research right now. Btw I've left @forbes and moved to @SubstackInc, where all my content is free: stevensalzberg.substack.com/p/the-pointl...
The pointless destruction of the world's leading scientific and medical research system
No one benefits from this
stevensalzberg.substack.com
February 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM